The Premier League icon announced his retirement from the game and will join Sky Sports as a pundit.
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Arsenal and Premier League legend Thierry Henry announced his retirement from football today after 20 years at the top.
The 37 year old has been coy about his next career move since leaving New York Red Bulls earlier this month but finally hung up his boots and announced he will begin working as a pundit for Sky Sports.
His eight year period at Arsenal saw him develop into one of the world’s best players and a modern day footballing great.
CaughtOffside takes a look at the Henry’s iconic career:
AS Monaco & Juventus:
Henry joined AS Monaco as a teenager and was promoted to the first team under future Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.
Henry wasn’t deployed solely in the centre-forward role during his time in the principality, playing across the whole front-line and manages his best season in 1996/97 with nine goals in 36 games in the French league and was Young Player of the Year.
Henry managed to amass 28 goals in 141 appearances for Monaco before a move to Juventus in the 1999 January transfer window.
Yet Henry could never settle in Turin and could only manage three goals in 19 appearances. After just eight months he’d leave Italy and rack up at a revitalised Arsenal under revolutionary boss Arsene Wenger.
Henry Goals before Arsenal: 160 games – 31 goals
Arsenal:
Little could be expected of a young, lightweight striker who had an ill-fated spell in Italy and you doubt many Arsenal fans could even imagine what was to come.
Henry scored his first goal for the Gunners on September 9th 1999 against Southampton and he would never look back. His debut campaign saw 26 goals in 47 appearances.
The Frenchman was forced to wait for his first Premier League title until 2001-02 but Henry was instrumental to the campaign scoring 24 goals in the league that season and in all competitions he acquired 32 in 49 appearances.
Henry’s best campaign was yet to come, however. Whilst the Invincibles will go down in history as an unbeaten side – Henry was the beating heart of the 2003-04 team and one of the main reasons they were able to achieve such an historic feat. 30 goals in 37 goals that season, 39 in all competitions.
Barcelona
Henry joined Frank Rijkaard’s Barcelona in 2007 and his first season saw him net a modest 19 goals in 47 games. In his second season, under a burgeoning Pep Guardiola and the renaissance he would bring, Henry would find his feet with 26 goals in 42 matches acquiring La Liga, Copa Del Rey and his much coveted Champions League trophy.
His final season was largely unforgettable but he did make a nostalgic and emotional return to Arsenal in the Champions League when he was substituted on in a 2-2 quarter-final between the two sides.
New York Red Bulls 
